Description
Using a practical approach, the Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking provides veterinary practitioners with evidence-based guidelines to refer to at the clinical practice level. This resource covers transfusion medicine, with topics including component therapy, red blood cell, plasma, and platelet products, and alternative blood products. Subsequent sections include chapters on recipient screening, complications, and monitoring, donor selection, blood collection and storage, as well as how to meet blood product demands. The final section covers transfusion medicine in equine, food animals, birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and primates. Key features include: – Evidence-based information on transfusion medicine and blood banking practices; – includes useful protocols for transfusions and blood banking relevant to clinical practice; – incorporates the balanced perspectives of veterinarians and veterinary technicians; – contains information pertaining to large, small, and exotic animals. 387 p.
- Kenichiro Yagi, Editor. BS, RVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM ), ICU Manager, Blood Bank Manager. Adobe Animal Hospital, San Jose, CA (USA).
- Marie K. Holowaychuk, Editor. DVM, DACVECC, Critical Care Vet Consulting. Calgary, Alberta (Canada).
- Publication date (digital version): 2016-09.
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